Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2005 03:37:41 +0000 From: Jason Henson <jason@ec.rr.com> To: RW <list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading hardware from P3 to AMD 64 Message-ID: <1109561861l.3223l.0l@BARTON> In-Reply-To: <200502271736.05246.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> (from list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com on Sun Feb 27 12:36:04 2005) References: <200502271736.05246.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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On 02/27/05 12:36:04, RW wrote: > I'm thinking about upgrading my hardware from an Intel P3 to an AMD > 64, and > replacing the graphics card, without buying a new hard disk. Has > anyone done > this kind of thing successfully? >=20 > I've recompiled kernel+world for 686 and I've done a portupgrade -fR > on cvsup > and portupgrade. >=20 > Typical motherboards now have a couple of sata connections in =20 > addition > to the > normal ide connections. Can I expect my current ide drives to still =20 > be > ad0 > and ad1? As long as the cpu you optimized for is a 686 only(no CPUTYPE=3D or -=20 march or -mcpu), then yeah.
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